> I echo Colin's thought. Forget about "su" and use "sudo". It takes an > extra 5 keystrokes per command, but it "just works", and in my opinion > is better than forgetting you're root and doing something you don't want > to do. > > apt-get install sudo > visudo, add yourself a line similar to what's already there > sudo command_to_be_run_as_root
Thanks, Kent, I'll follow your advice. But that brings up my next elementary question: getting packages. I ran # netselect-apt woody in the /etc/apt directory, and as a result built a /etc/apt/sources list that had a US and a non-US site uncommented. OK, so next I run (ignore line breaks): # apt-get install sudo Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.br.debian.org woody/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.br.debian.org_debian_dists_woody_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) ... [same for three directories in each of the two source sites listed in sources list] W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Couldn't find package sudo Well, running apt-get update just gives me exactly the same thing as above. I added the following http subsection to /etc/apt.conf to enable internet sources: Acquire { Retries "0"; // I added this next subsection: http { Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";; Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting Timeout "120"; Pipeline-Depth "5"; // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2 No-Cache "false"; Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives }; }; // Things that effect the APT dselect method DSelect { Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never }; Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
